
These issues are really not that unusual for high wealth individuals. Heck they aren’t even the first wealth member of a royal family to move to the US. And they don’t have competent advisers in other areas because they feel they are competent themselves. Considering many middle class Americans hire CPAs to do their taxes I can’t imagine either of these two have looked at a tax return for decades, if ever. |
You may be right, but after throwing them under the bus it does seem tacky. They seem to want it both ways or what benefits them most. It was very drastic leaving the family. I wonder why they didn't buy a home in CA and go back and fourth. They still could have done their duties, but have the freedom of another home far away. Once they left the queen made it clear they wouldn't be paid, minus all the other benefits. Why didn't they test the waters first? |
They address this in the Oprah interview; their move to California was unplanned. |
You're missing the point. It's not about who does their taxes it's about what must be REPORTED. That includes money from the BRF coffers. It will be taxed as appropriate. Haha! Talk about a turnaround in "taxation without representation" - what irony! |
+2 Utterly ridiculous. Move on. |
Not really. They could have done their royal duties with the charities etc. and still bought a home in CA. Their security and pay was dropped because they totally wanted to step away. That's where they made the big mistake. Not realizing all that would stop..... speaks volumes about Harry's naivety. |
Your sentence structure is strange and doesn't seem remotely related to my points, which were about how the article was meaningless, unsubstantiated vague fluff that really said nothing about the situation. After saying 'you may be right' you then transition to a complete nonsequiter. After throwing them under the bus it does seem tacky? I don't even know what this means, who is thrown under the bus in the article? What is tacky? You use 'it' to do a lot of heavy lifting here. Then you put in a bunch of opinions about things that have been rehashed a bazillion times on this thread to I guess change the subject? Anyway this post is rambling nonsense that has nothing to do with my point, which is that that post really oversold what that link says (which is basically nothing). |
What? This is why people think you guys are idiots. Meghan and Harry do not do their own taxes. Their accountant will know what the rules are and tax them accordingly. And while he will be taxed on international revenue, much of his wealth was already in hand and you don't get taxed on money you just happen to HAVE, you get taxed on money you EARN within a certain period of time. The money he HAD prior to coming here will not be taxed until he gets into a capital gains type situation. |
As a guess: the person giving birth to the baby (the surrogate) is not legally married to the father. Technically, then, it’s not a legitimate birth if Harry’s legal wife is not the person who physically gave birth to their child. I’m sure they could do DNA testing, but if the laws don’t account surrogacy, that might not matter. I think it’s pretty clear that Meghan was pregnant though. I have no idea if IVF would present any legal issues, but I’m assuming it would not. |
Also, I wonder if these laws and traditions explain why there was so much fuss over where Archie was born. Way back when, the births of potential heirs were officially witnessed. I’m guessing that Diana and Kate choosing the same hospital and doing the shortly-after-birth photoshoots on the hospital steps are the modern equivalent of having the birth of a potential monarch duly witnessed and quickly acknowledged in and by the public. |
And you obviously have a reading comprehension problem. This isn't about who does their taxes. The point is Harry MUST REPORT IT! Even if it doesn't generate income and even if it is in a foreign account. By law, U.S. citizens and residents must report ANY income from foreign trusts and foreign bank and securities accounts. This is a member of the BRF who is going to have to DISCLOSE HIS FINANCES to the U.S. government. Now that it is in bold do you understand it better? |
What? Are you American? Have you done your taxes? You have to report INCOME yes. But I still do not understand what point you are making? Because I thought you were saying he was going to get in trouble with the government for evading taxes or messing up his taxes or something. But you seem to just be thinking its juicy that the US Gov might get to see the balance sheets of a foreign national? But I hate to break it to you the IRS locks down interesting people's information with like, intense fortress like security. Hence DJT's taxes somehow not leaking despite every news organization in the world ready to offer big bucks. The IRS does not leak. Perhaps though you can explain to me what YOU believe the difference is between reporting income and doing one's taxes? |
+1 |
This is LITERALLY what they address in the Oprah interview. Are you daft? Their initial request was to work "part-time" on their royal duties and set up camp elsewhere. They were denied this request, which then resulted in "Megxit." |
We watched it play out in real time. They moved to Canada and then asked to be cafeteria royals. They launched their Sussex Royal dot com site. Then the queen said No. They could have (and should have) asked for some settling in time. But they didn't ask for a break or a remote station. They asked to be cafeteria royals. That didn't fly. |